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mean that the probation and after-care services arranged a visit to assist at an early stage for all of these
people. In any case, most clients with offenses related to child pornography (62%) requested advice –
usually with regard to the court session. 679 For just over a quarter of clients with offenses related to child
pornography (27%), help and support was requested from the probation and after-care services in order
to assist with observance of the conditions imposed (supervision 680 ). This usually took place within the
scope of a (partially) suspended sentence, as a part of which special conditions are imposed by the court.
An order for suspension was sometimes (N=19) involved with regard to pre-trial detention and occasionally
with regard to a suspended sentence (N=8) or supervision due to placement under a (youth) hospital
order 681 (N=2). In 2010, 135 clients with offenses related to child pornography (26%) were issued with a
community service order (amongst other things) due to a child pornography offence. 682 The probation
and after-care services are responsible for the coordination of community service orders that have been
imposed. One client requested behavioural intervention, and 31 clients with offenses related to child
pornography requested to be referred to care provision.
Tables 3.8 and 3.9 show the gender and age distributions of the 525 clients with offenses related to child
pornography at the time of intake by the probation and after-care service (2010).
679 One single time with regard to a decision that was to be made about the pre-trial detention or the
decision not to prosecute. The component of probation and after-care services provides advice
on the basis of a diagnosis that they compile with the help of a RISc (Risk Assessment Scale) or
Quickscan.
– With the help of the RISc, the employee from probation and after-care services determines the degree
of the likelihood of re-offending, which factors increase the likelihood of re-offending and which
interventions are necessary in order to reduce the likelihood of this. In the case of sex offenders, the
Static-99 is used as an addition to the RISc. The probation and after-care organisations employ RISc
for extensive research (see www.reclassering.nl (viewed 10 June 2011)).
– With the help of QuickScan, the employee from probation and after-care services can determine the
likelihood of reoffending in a short time, the extent of responsiveness to behavioural change and
whether or not it makes sense to initiate a course of probation and after-care. The probation and
after-care organisations employ the QuickScan as a first screening (see the Dutch Probation Service
website, www.reclassering.nl (viewed 10 June 2011)).
680 The Public Prosecution Service is responsible for supervising the observance of conditions (see §3.5).
Nevertheless, supervision by the probation and after-care service is usually the case.
681 In the event of imposing a placement under a hospital order with conditions or – if it involves a minor –
a conditional placement in a young offenders’ institution.
682 The number of individuals that were sentenced in child pornography cases in 2010 in which (amongst
other things) a community service order was imposed was 12 (suspended custodial sentence with a
community service order) +142 (suspended custodial sentence with a community service order) + 22
(community service order) = 176 people (Source: Public Prosecution Service data, see §3.5.4). A possible
explanation for the fact that this number does correspond exactly with the number of people that were
registered with the probation and after-care services in 2010 for a community service order due to child
pornography offences (amongst other things) (135 according to probation and after-care services and
176 according to data from the Public Prosecution Service) is that not all of the judgments from 2010
have become final yet.
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